Doll



G. E. GROOM.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED DECJ, 1921.

Patented Nv. 14,1921

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FI E11 improvement in dolls.`

Patented Nov. 14, 192,2.

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. Application iile'd December 7,1921.' Serial` No. 520,527. i i

To all whom t may concern."

. Be it known that l, GERTRUDE E@ GRooM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waltham, county of Middlesex, `Stance of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new vand useful Improvement in Dolls, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying is complete 4in itself without requiringf clothes of any kind made `separate therefrom, and yet which has the .appearance of ya fully dressed doll.

The inventionl consists substantially in making the doll of pieces of woolly yfaced material cut to. the shape ofa head and body,

` placing two similar pieces back to back, that is, with the skin side of yone in contact with the skin side of the other, and fastening them together at the edges.

The invention will vbe fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will. be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings, Fig. l is a front elevation of a two-faced doll embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe doll in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view. v

Fig. 4; is a plan view of a blank such as used for making the body.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the blank shown in Fig. 4. f

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a blank used for making one of the arms. l Fig. 7 is a side elevation. of a one face doll.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a sole out of which the body and arm blanks may be formed.

Referring now to the drawings, there are shown y K 'the body portions of woolly faced material, preferfirst providedI two blanks A,B, for

ably sheep skin, whichy arey cut out in pairs each member having the, leather or Skin back l with the wool facingafter the ordinary manner *of so-called sheeps skin or 7 4lamb s n ool, such vas used for soles of lambs wool slippers. Each yofthese is cut to the form of the full body length, including the head, trunkand lower-portion, `as shown in the drawings. lreferably the lower portion is not cutout to the formof legs but is shapedl as shown to represent a fully dressed child, so that the legs and feet do not show. If preferred,"however, "the blanks maybe cut mor'e'in' detail to show'tlie 'feet and legs.

The said two' members are then 'placed back to back, that is', skin to skin, with the woolly side out andv secured together around their edges, preferably by stitches'.' The arms 41:--4l are made also kof similar woolly material by taking "a blank piece such as shown, at C in Fig. l6,y andy folding .it-over upon itself, along the dotted line v8 and sewing it at its edges,`as shown at 5, and attaching this to the two body members byl stitchingas shown at 6.A l I' rlhe'doll is thusmade complete as showny in Figures l and 2 having a thick woolly surface on both sides.

.Flach Varm is preferably made of a vsingle vpiece folded over uponV itself so that there is a seam only on one-edge.. Preferably' for this purpose asingle blank C is cut out of a piece of sheep skin which is then folded along its median line 8 and sewed together along the two edges.

Suitable eyes, nose and mouth may be marked on the. two oppositel face sides. In the form shown in the drawings, there is a depression 7 formed onl each face sidey by pressing it in and small buttons 4are attached `to'represent theeyes, while the mouth and nose are formed by thread. It is obvious, however, that these features `may be prof .duced in any way, either with materials attached thereto, to represent the features or by marking the features out'with kany suitable marking tool. L y

In the preferred form there isrepresented a face on both sides so that it will appear like a two-faced doll. lf preferred, however, there may be produced aface only on one side' while the opposite side will represent the back of the head, as shown in Figure 7.

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The blanks for making the doll may all be cut out of a large sheet of sheep skin, each blank to be made of suitable shape and size. very convenient and easy method of making them, however, is to take a pair of ordinary lambs Wool soles, such as are used for making boudoir slippers and cutting off the toe portion of each one, as shown by the dotted line 9 in Figure 8. Each toe portion Which has been cut off is adapted for forming a single arm by folding itin the manner already described.

The finished doll has a thick, soft Woolly exterior throughout except at the seamed edges. lt is soft, and flexible and unbreakable by falling or being thrown on the floor, and has no part by lwhich small child can be hurt or injured in any Way by handling it. It is also Washable.

`While I have described the doll as preferably made of lamb or sheep skin with the natural Wool unremoved, there might be employed initation sheep skin with a Woolly bat thereon Which could be utilized to make ya cheaper doll embodying the invention.

' llt is obvious that the arms may be integral with the body instead of being made in separate pieces from the body and then attached thereto.

Vhile the form of article shown in the dra-Wings is a representation of a doll, it is obvious that the invention isadapted for application in the manufacture of toy animals, or any article in similitude of a living creature. In such case the only difference in method of construct-ion from that shown in the drawings would be simply in the contour of the blanks which form the front, back and limbs of the animal.

What l claim is:

1. in unstufled doll having a head and body portion composed of a pair of mated blanks of unshorn sheepskin, each shaped Lass/ses to the contour of the head and body of a doll and superimposed upon each other With the Woolly faces outside and the flesh sides of the tivo skins lying flat against each other and secured together at their edges.

2. An unstuffed doll having a head and body portion composed of a pair of mated blanks of unshorn sheepskin, each shaped to the contour of the head and body of a doll and superimposed upon each other with the flesh sides of the two skins lying Hat vagainst each other and secured together at their edges, and arms each formed of a piece of sheepskin folded with the Woolly side out and secured to the sides of the body portion. 3. An unstuffed doll l'iaving a head and body portion composed of a pair of mated blanks of unshorn sheepskin, each shaped to the contour of the head and body of a doll and superimposed upon each other with the flesh sides ofthe tivo skins flat against each other and secured together at their edges7 and arms each formed of a piece of sheepskin folded with the Woolly side out and secured to the sides of the body portion, the head portion having a depressed face portion with features delineated thereon.

4. An unstulfed doll having a head and body portion composed of a pair of mated blanks of unshorn sheepskin, each shapedvto the contour of the head and body of a doll superimposed upon each other with the lflesh sides of the two skins facing each other and secured together at their edges,'and arms each formed of a piece of sheepskin folded with the Woolly side out and secured to the sides of the body portion, the front and back of the head portion each l'iaving a depression shaped to form a face and havingfeatures delineated thereon.

ln testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

GERTRUDE E. GROOM. 

